In message <cy6Ij.982$at6.21@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Martha Adams <mhada@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
writes
>I've come across an interesting term: null bombing; and I see a
>practical use for it.
>Namely, the loads of crapware and scatware
>getting dumped into rasff. (Which I think
>is a sort of censor****p out of Wa****ngton).
>
>In my use of the term, 'null bombing' is the dumping of large amounts
>of vapid,
>useless, and downright scatological junk
>into a newsgroup where people are working
>on new ideas. The purpose is to break
>the discussion, to break the group that
>is doing the discussion.
>If someone knows where all this rubbish
>is coming from, I'd like to hear it. But
>for now, my guess is, it's censor****p out
>of Wa****ngton. Remember what came from the woodwork after Vietnam
>cooled?
>Titeotwawki -- mha [rasff 2008 Mar 31]
>
>
I'm a little boggled by trying to imagine anything in any current or
recent thread that could possibly be considered even marginally worth
disrupting. Or are you saying that all of the worthwhile discussion has
already been driven off line? Actually I could sort of believe that, but
I doubt it's the spam doing it.
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